Hair-waving iron



June 12, 1928;

B. HEISLER HAIR wAvm'G IRON INVENTOR. enre/cs VHEISLEQ BY 27% M ATTORNEYJ Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES wasp PATENT OFFICE.

BEATRICE HEISLER, OF ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO H. C. HEISLER.

HAIR-WAVING IRON.

Application filed December 27, 1927.

I and then to bend the waves so formed into position against the, head.The present invention has for its objects first, the provision of a hairwaver which waves the hair so that the wave strands lie against thehead; second, to provide a device which is easily manipulated to produceat one operation such waves; and third, to provide details of structurewhereby a simple, inexpensive and positively operating structure isobtained.

Other objects and advantages will .be made fully apparent from thefollowing specification considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a complete iron in accordance with myinvention, the members of the iron being in position to receive a wispof hair; Fig. 2 is a side elevation with one side of the arched platebroken away and partially in section to further show the invention, themembers be ing in closing position preliminary to producing the waves;Fig. 3 is a side elevation with parts broken away and partially insection showing the members in final position, and Fig. 4 is a sectionas seen on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

The essential elements of the device com prise a plate A and a fork B.For the purpose of heating the iron, an electrical heating element C isprovided. The fork and plate members are pivot-ally connected togetherso that the arms of the fork may be swung into the troughs of the platein the closed position and the members then moved longitudinally inrelation to one another.

The plate member comprises a plate shaped in sinuous form having a crest5, troughs 6 and side walls 7. The crest of the plate is transverselyslotted and extending through the slots are the convolutions of ahelical wire 8. The convolutions provide channels longitudinal of thecurve and trans- Serial No. 242,544.

versely spaced along the crest. The bottoms of the troughs are indentedto provide channels 9 for reception of the arms of the fork. The plateis mounted upon a handle having a shank 10 with a longitudinallyextending slot 11 providing an elongated way. A handhold 12 of tubularform and preferably of hard rubber is secured to the shank of thehandle. The shank is preferably hollow for, the passage therethrough ofleads for an electric heat-ing'element C. Screws 13 serve to hold theplate to; the shank. The handle is extended to form the housing for theelectrical heater unit which may be of any well known structure,

the housing being such as to lie within the under side of the crest. Aduplex conductor indicated by 14 extends through the hand hold to theheater.

The fork member comprises arms 15 of like form andhaving their opposingfaces toothed as indicated by 16 to provide longitudinally spacedchannels. The arms extend inwardly toward one another at the rear andare joined in a handle 17 so as to'provide an opening in the shank ofthe handle." A pin 18 extending across the opening and through the slot11 provides a pivotal connection between the members and also permitsthem to be moved longitudinally with respect to one another. In orderthat the members may be held releasably in their pivotal position withthe pin 18 at the front end of the slot, a leaf spring 19 is disposedwithin the chamber of shank 10 and presses downwardly upon the pin.There is an indentation at the end of the spring to receive the pin 18.

The members are initially placed in the position shown in Fig. 1. A wispof hair is drawn across the plate and distributed with the strands lyingwithin the channels formed by the wire 8. This anchors the strands tothe plate against slipping transversely and holds the center portion ofhair while the forks are employed to pull the hair into the zigzag orMarcel wave on either side. The handles are then swung toward each otherinto the position shown in Fig. 2. This brings the strands downwardlyinto the troughs so that they conform to the shape of the plate. Thestrands will have been engaged by the teeth 16 in the arms of the fork.The'handhold 17 is then retracted with respect to the handhold 12 so asto move the fork transversely along the bottom of the trough, andthereby incline the strands. The hair having been preliminarily treatedfor waving will, due to the heat, form into their proper waved'shapes.After having been allowed to remain a length of time sufficient toproduce the ultimate Wave, the handles are moved to open the iron andrelease the strands of hair. The fork is then moved longitudinally ofthe plate to the po sition shown in Fig. 1. The waver is then inposition, to produce another wave.

What I claim is:

1. A hair waver comprising a sinuous shaped plate member with troughsdefined by side Walls having transversely spaced longitudinal, channelsdisposed along the crest thereof to retain strands of hair and having ahandle, a fork member having a handle pivotally connected to said firsthandle so as to be longitudinally movable in relation to each other, thearms'ofsaid fork member having spaced transverse channels disposed ontheir opposing inner sides,said arms bemg disposed to be moved over thecrest mto the troughs ofsaid sinuous member, and a heating elementmounted on the under side of said crest extending transversely thereof.

2. A hair waver comprising a sinuous shaped member with troughs definedby side Walls and having transversely spaced longi tudinal channelsdisposed along the crest thereof to retain strands of hair and havlng ahandle, a fork member having a handle, the shank of one of said handleshaving an opening and the shank of the other han,

dle being disposed in said opening, there being an elongated Wayextending longitudinally of one of said members, the shank of the otherhandle being pivotally connected thereto at the Way and whereby saidmembers may be swung and moved longitudinally in relation to oneanother, the arms of said fork member having spaced transverse channelsdisposed on their opposing inner sides,

said arms being disposed to be moved over I the crest into the troughsof said sinuous .member, and a heating member mounted on tudinalchannels disposed along the crest thereof to retain strands of hair andhaving a handle, a fork member having a handle, the shank of one of saidhandles having an opening and the shank of the other handle extendingthrough said opening, there being an elongated slot in one of saidshanks, the other shank being provided with a pin riding in said slotwhereby said members may be swung and moved longitudinally in. relationto one another, the arms'of said fork member having spaced transversechannels disposed on their, opposing inner sides, said arms beingdisposed to be moved over the crests into the troughsofsaidsinuousmemher, and a heating element mounted on the under side ofsaid crest and extending trans verse thereof.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 22nd day of December, 1927.

BEATRICE HEISLER.

